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Friday, May 15, 2009

More photos of our owl kiddos

We're seeing the baby eastern screech owls more now. Earlier this afternoon, I went inside to write while James worked on planting coral honeysuckle. Sure enough, he summoned me back outside. Both owlets were roosting!

"They like rap!" James announced, then proceeded to make sputtering noises and gyrating moves. I laughed and shook my head. But he was right! The other owlet, intrigued with whatever that guy on the ground was doing, joined its sibling. Both of them stared at us, thoroughly entertained, no doubt.

Then something caught their attention. We thought maybe Mom was on her way with food....

This one was really straining to see. But Mom didn't come (after dark last night, we did see her or the father drop by for a feeding).

So back to work for both of us. It's really hard to get anything else done when there are baby owls to be entertained!

5 comments:

These babies are sooooo cute! They look like little stuffed baby owls! I told Chad I wanted one, but he reminded me they have, "talons and sharp beaks!" But his warnings do not deter me! Those babies are just too cute for words!

My goodness, those are so very cool! I've never heard of owl shacks before. I remember seeing a family of Eastern Screech Owls in our side yard one year (a long time ago) and that was a thrill. But to have them easily visible like you have, like I said, very cool.

How cute are those two! December of 2004 one Eastern Screech Owl perched in our Christmas garland right above the front door. She sat there all day long watching all as we came and went. Every Christmas, I hope she'll return.

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I write for a living. So I sit. A lot. In front of my computer. At a desk. Next to my office window. I'd always thought it'd be so cool to set a bird bath between two live oaks I can see from my window. Then I could take breaks and just watch. Well, I got my bird bath, all right. When I married my husband, James Hearn, in May 2006, I got that. And more. Thanks to the enthusiastic help of my partner, our lawn now brims with native flowers, plants, birds and other wildlife. In 2007, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department certified our yard (front and back) as a Texas Wildscape. In 2012, I became a certified Texas Master Naturalist with the Highland Lakes chapter. Also in 2012, TPWD designated our Wildscape as a Wildlife Habitat Demonstration Site. From my window now, nearly every day, I watch nature have fun. Sometimes I wish I didn't have to write.... (Profile photo by Earl Nottingham)